By Masha Leon
“It’s been a great year for Bezalel across the globe, with exhibitions in London, Venice, Paris and Israel,” declared
Ilan Kaufthal, chairman of the Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, at a January 24 gala.
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By Masha Leon
“We do it every year, like Exodus,” said
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Council of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the January 17 March of the Living reception.
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By Masha Leon
“My first reaction was, ‘I can’t do it!’” Polish filmmaker
Agnieszka Holland told me during our chat about her film “In Darkness,” which opened in New York on January 27 and has been nominated for an Academy Award.
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By Masha Leon
“If, in the future, [Yiddish] will have the same status and [culturally] stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Latin and Greek, we won’t be doing so badly,” Bard College president
Leon Botstein said at the January 9 launch of the YIVO-Bard Institute for East European Jewish History and Culture Winter Intercession Program.
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By Masha Leon
“God’s bank vault is filled with tears shed for loss,” Rabbi
Jeremy Kalmanofsky said to a crowd of 900 at the January 1 memorial for Adrienne Cooper, held at the New York City congregation Ansche Chesed.
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